Brixey v. Union Oil Company of California

OPINION

JOHN E. MILLER, Senior District Judge.

This is an action for ejectment and damages.

The case was tried to the court, without the intervention of a jury, on February 27, and 28, 1968. At the conclusion of the plaintiffs’ evidence in chief, the intervenor, Gulf Oil Corporation, submitted a motion for judgment in its favor. Ruling on the motion was deferred, and at the conclusion of all the evidence the court denied the motion. The case was submitted, and the parties have submitted voluminous briefs in support of their contentions.

Notwithstanding the length of the briefs, the material…